This book was handwritten by Jenny Patterson and indexed. The book was dated May 24, 1880. The name E.B. Patterson is on the front fly leaf. There are numerous American recipes and an address of a New York doctor inside. The origin of the book is most likely New York. There is a newspaper recipe for Fruit Cake from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa laid in. There are 108 pages of which 83 are written.

Recipes include: Apple Betty; Apple & Rice; Apple Jelly; Corn Bread; Beef Rissoles; Bread Pudding; Biscuit Pounded; Boiled Beef; Beat Biscuit; Baking Powder for Biscuits; Beef a-la-mode; Cup Cake; Cup Cake; Another cup cake; Shaker Method of putting up Corn; Pickle Cauliflower or Brocoli; Pickle Cherries; Chocolate Cakes; Cure for Cancer; Cure for Corns; Dough nuts; Boil Corned beef; Currant pickle; Cookies; Corned Beef; Apple Pie; Doughnuts; Virginia Corn Bread, Coffee & Tea; Supper, coffe & tea; Flour Pudding; Ginger Pound cake; Sponge Ginger-bread; Gelatine; Ginger-bread nuts; Ginger cakes; Graham Biscuits; Ginger Cake; To cure Hams; Hallin's Rolls; Chapped Hands; Ice Cream Cake; Charlotte Russe; Best kind of Jam; Italian Cream; Chicken Jelly, Yeast; Lemon Pies; Lemon Cheese; Loaf Cake; Salad; Melted Butter; To Take Mildew from Linen; Curry Powder; Meat Fritters; Salad; Pickle Onions; Pickled Onions; Omelets with Cheese; Omelete (or Souffle); Pickle Lilly; Pickles in General; Can Peaches; Stewed Pears', Pickle Peaches; Pickle Pears; Fry Potatoes; Quince Butter; Quince & Apple Jelly; Queen of Puddings; Sweet Pickle; Rhubarb; For the blood; Sponge Cake; Salad dressing; Cold Slaw; Sponge Cake; Lobster Salad; Economical Stew; Lunderland Pudding; Sweetbread Pie; Short cake; Sugar Biscuit; Silver cake; Golden cake; Sweet Pickles; Tayier Cake; Tapioca Apple Pudding; Tomato Catsup; Tomato Catsup; Tomato Catsup; Wash for the Complexion; Tea Cake; Tapioca Cream; Unleavened Biscuit; To dress cold Beef; Breast of Veal; Soap-soft; Mock Terrapin; Whitewash; Waffles; Washing powder; Floral Bloom for the Complexion; Renovating Pill; Remedy for Indigestion; Cure for Cholera; Cough Syrup; Hand Soap; Soap Made of lye; Pocket-books; Brunch; Brown Bread; Bread Sponge Cake; Use of putty to mend tin-pans. Some loose sheets included in folder